GLOBALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

Critical Thinking about Globalization and Sustainability

Critical Thinking about Globalization and Sustainability

Until the advent of industrial capitalism, different human societies have had a rather limited environmental impact, it had based its operation, in general, flows of materials and energy that brought photosynthesis and its derivatives, as well as renewable energies came ultimately from the sun (Thompson, 1996). The additional mining of the crust was quite restricted, since the capacity was reduced to human labor (although this slave out of character) and animal. Urban concentration was therefore too low, except in the great empires, where his Capitals acquired ...